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Artist's sorrow over lost little boy

January 9 - 15, 2008
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AN AWARD-WINNING Bahraini artist was so touched by the plight of missing toddler Bader Mubarak that he decided to capture the little boy's memory on canvas to ensure it lives on forever.





Struggle of the Nubians is captured on camera

January 9 - 15, 2008
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THE fight for survival by a displaced people determined to keep their traditions alive has been captured on film by TV producer Marco Morelli.





Old bell tolls at new site

January 9 - 15, 2008
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There were no tears, no tantrums and certainly no clinging on to parents. On the first day of the new term, St Christopher's School infants were bursting to run through the doors of their brand new BD2 million state-of-the-art building, located alongside St Christopher's Junior School in Saar.





Riffa Views reaches out

January 9 - 15, 2008
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RIFFA VIEWS is aiming to create Bahrain's most prestigious residential development by reaching out across the kingdom and providing a long-





Friend's death a bitter blow

January 9 - 15, 2008
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What a very sad way to mark the end of year 2007. There were two major events that shocked me to my core.





The feminine lens

January 9 - 15, 2008
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From beauty salons to traditional male strongholds, Iranian women are using photography to show their country in a different light. Kate Connolly reports. Newsha Tavakolian, a 26-year-old from Tehran, points to one of her photographs, a woman in a bright green scarf with swollen pink lips, bruised eyes and a thinly plastered nose.





We're in seventh heaven

January 9 - 15, 2008
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BAHRAIN'S building boom appears to be continuing unabated as one developer had all remaining properties snapped up in a festive swoop.





Modernisation drive

January 9 - 15, 2008
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In his first-ever interview after becoming the chief executive of Bapco, Mr Abdulkarim Jaffer Al Sayed talks to Asma Salman about his early days at the petroleum company, his steady rise up the ranks and his vision for the petrochemicals giant With the dawn of 2008 came a shift in the upper echelons of Bapco's powerhouse as 61-year-old mechanical engineer, Abdulkarim Jaffer Al Sayed became the new chief executive of the Bahrain Petroleum Company.





Airline spreads wings

January 9 - 15, 2008
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Competition is sizzling in Bahrain skies as India's domestic market leader and premier airline, Jet Airways, began its daily non-stop flights from the kingdom this week to two highly popular destinations in India, Mumbai and Kochi.